Lith

Photopedia

13 November 2008 12:57

Lith is a type of extremely high contrast, fine-detail black and white negative film used in the chemical darkroom and printing/graphics industries to create half-tone images and copy line work. It can also be used to add pinkish brown tones in highlights, and a film-grain effect in the shadows in mono images. Lith has such a distinctive look that it’s popular in the digital darkroom too – and can be applied using imaging software very easily. For advice on how to achieve the look, watch our digital lith video lesson on Photoanswers. Click here to watch the video.